Online and Distance Education
Carmichael Hall, Room 200
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Hours: Summer hours through Aug. 13: 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern time, Monday-Friday
Phone: 1-800-872-0369 or 765-285-1581
Fax: 765-285-7161
E-mail: distance@bsu.edu

Certificate in Information and Communication Technologies

This four-course, graduate-level certificate is offered online and is designed for managers and other professionals who understand the importance of blending technological understanding with management skills and analytical, problem-solving insight.

You’ll learn to:

  • apply your broad, new knowledge of information and communication technologies to solve organizational problems
  • work effectively with voice, data, video, and imaging technologies in business, government, health care, or education
  • gain insight into the field of internetworking, TCP/IP, and other components and services that underlie the Internet
  • solve a wide range of information-related problems ranging from small organizations to data-warehousing level problems
  • earn credit toward a master's degree if you want to continue your studies

Required Courses
ICS 620 Telecom Technologies, Standards, and Lab
ICS 621 Information Movement, Management, Storage Technologies, Standards, and Lab

Electives (select 2 courses)
CS 639 Seminar in Computer Science
ICS 623 Integration
ICS 624 Knowledge Management
ICS 645 Database and Storage Management
ICS 691 Internet, ICTP/IP, and Internetworking
ISOM 601 Introduction to Computer and Network Security
MBA 623 Electronic Commerce

Advisor
Steve Jones
Center for Information and Communcation Sciences